Battle of Bukowiec

Battle of Bukowiec
	Part of the Battle of the Border of the Invasion of Poland
Date	3 September 1939
Location	Bukowiec, Świecie County
Result	German Victory
Belligerents
Germany	Poland
Commanders and leaders
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg	Julian Arnoldt-Russocki; Janusz Pasturak
Units involved
3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 23rd Motorized Infantry Regiment	16th Greater Poland Uhlan Regiment 2nd battery of the 11th horse artillery squadron

The Battle of Bukowiec was fought on September 3, 1939 near the village of Bukowiec in Poland. The 16th Greater Poland Uhlan Regiment under the command of Lt. Col. Julian Arnoldt-Russocki, supported by the 2nd battery of the 11th horse artillery squadron under the command of Capt. Janusz Pasturak went up against the Wehrmacht 3rd Panzer Division supported by a unit of the 23rd Motorized Infantry Regiment and seventeen Luftwaffe bombers.

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